Rick Forest rents at Allen House Apartments in a hot inner Loop area. The complex is being replaced by an upscale urban village.

Rick Forest rents at Allen House Apartments in a hot inner Loop...

Since moving to Houston in 1975, Rick Forest has rented a number of places in the Montrose area: a $100-a-month bungalow, a duplex with hardwood floors, a temporary efficiency, a townhouse with a leaky roof.

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